CCSD superintendent highlights district’s struggles in address

The new leader of the Clark County School District isn’t resting on his laurels, highlighting a range of issues in his first State of the Schools address that the district must tackle in order to become the most-improved district in the country.

Arches, Canyonlands national parks visitor centers reopening

Arches and Canyonlands national parks in southeastern Utah are reopening visitor centers that have been closed due to the nearly 3-week-old federal government’s partial shutdown.

Bill to assure back pay for federal workers goes to Trump

President Donald Trump is edging closer to declaring a national emergency to pay for his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall as pressure mounts to end the three-week impasse that has closed parts of the government and deprived hundreds of thousands of workers of their salaries.

 
Waffle House employees fired after putting food on unconscious man

A video shows two Waffle House employees putting salt, a slice of cheese and ketchup on an unconscious man’s head and now the company says the workers at the Atlanta area location have been fired.

Findlay Alfa Romeo welcomes 2019 Giulia Ti Lusso

The 2019 Giulia Ti Lusso recently arrived in the showroom of Findlay Alfa Romeo in the Valley Automall, and the celebrated model drew immediate attention at the dealership located at 210 N. Gibson Road.

US approved thousands of child bride requests

Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl.

 
Florida pardons 4 blacks accused of 1949 rape of white woman

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Cabinet granted posthumous pardons to four African-American men accused of raping a white woman nearly 70 years ago in a case now seen as a racial injustice.

Inmates battling addiction in New Hampshire helping train puppies

Caitlin Hyland’s New Hampshire jail cell looks like those of many of her fellow inmates, featuring family photos, a few books and a cot. But one thing sets it apart: the cage on the floor for a 10-week-old puppy.

Routine food inspections halted by government shutdown

Routine food inspections aren’t getting done because of the partial government shutdown, but checks of the riskiest foods are expected to resume next week, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

 
Lifetime documentary shines light on R. Kelly sex allegations

R. Kelly, one of the top-selling recording artists of all time, has been dogged for years by allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls — accusations he and his attorneys have long denied.

9-year-old stops mother’s knife attack on brother in Missouri

Authorities say a 9-year-old girl managed to stop her mother’s knife attack on her 5-year-old brother and that the St. Louis woman tried to drug both children and smother her 2-year-old son.

Police officer goes undercover for pot bust as Uber driver

Pennsylvania State Police say they had an officer pose as an Uber driver to arrest a man who left a two-pound package of marijuana inside a ride-sharing vehicle.

Las Vegas Valley may see rain over weekend

Friday’s 60-degree high temperature paired with increasing clouds was the first of two back-to-back storm systems in the valley, according to the National Weather Service.

 
911 audio after comatose patient gives birth shows shock, panic

Panicking staff members at a long-term care facility scrambled to save a baby born to an Arizona woman in a vegetative state amid their shock to learn she was pregnant, according to dramatic 911 audio released Friday.

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